AP Language terms to review Flashcards

9748729569	Alliteration	The repetition of initial sounds in successive neighboring words "On the scrolls of silver snowy sentences:"	0
9748733179	Allusion	A reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize.	1
9748737238	Ambiguity	the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.	2
9748742348	Analogy	A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way "A computer is like the brain"	3
9748749671	Antecedent	a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another	4
9748755653	Antithesis	a contrast or opposition between two things.	5
9748760796	Aphorism	A concise statement which expresses distinctly a general truth or idea often using rhyme or balance. "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."	6
9748766466	Apostrophe	A figure of speech in which one directly addresses an abstraction. "O death, where is thy sting?"	7
9748771862	Caricature	a picture, description, or imitation of a person or thing in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect.	8
9748775259	Clause	a unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate.	9
9748779712	Colloquial	Pertaining to words or expressions more suitable for speech than writing; informal, conversation style.	10
9748782501	Conceit	A fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor. An elaborate or an unusual comparison.	11
9748788467	Connotation	an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning	12
9748789799	Denotation	the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.	13
9748795634	Diction	Word choices made by a writer.	14
9748799461	Didactic	intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.	15
9748804000	Euphemism	Indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant.	16
9748809887	Extended Metaphor	author's exploitation of a single metaphor or analogy at length through multiple linked tenors, vehicles, and grounds throughout a poem or story.	17
9748817260	Figurative Language	Language employing one or more figures of speech.	18
9748823638	Figures of Speech	a word or phrase used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical or vivid effect	19
9748826911	Genre	a type of literature or film	20
9748828217	Homily	A sermon, or a moralistic lecture	21
9748829447	Hyperbole	Intentional exaggeration to create an effect. "I could sleep for a year."	22
9748832005	Imagery	The pattern of images that are the verbal equivalents of sense experience in a text or a portion of a text. Every metaphor or simile.	23
9748834469	Inference	A conclusion one draws based on premises or evidence. "All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal."	24
9748838530	Irony	The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning.	25
9748841654	Litotes	A type of understatement in which an idea is expressed by negating its opposite. "It was not a pretty picture"	26
9748845217	Loose Sentence	a type of sentence in which the main idea (independent clause) is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases.	27
9748848341	Paradox	An apparently contradictory statement that actually contains some truth.	28
9748864065	Parallelism	The use of corresponding grammatical or syntactical forms-list like. "King Alfred tried to make the law clear, precise, and equitable."	29
9748867650	Pedantic	Overly concerned with minute details or formalism, especially in teaching.	30
9748871931	Periodic Sentence	main clause or predicate at the end. This is used for emphasis and can be persuasive by putting reasons for something at the beginning before the final point is made	31
9748877592	Personification	Endowing non-human objects or creatures with human qualities or characteristics.	32
9748879365	Point of view	The vantage point from which a story is told.	33
9748885105	Prose	written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.	34
9748888411	Repetition	the action of repeating something that has already been said or written.	35
9748897206	Rhetoric	The act of presenting ideas in a clear, effective, and persuasive manner.	36
9748900354	Rhetorical Modes	describe the variety, conventions, and purposes of the major kinds of language-based communication, particularly writing and speaking. Four of the most common rhetorical modes and their purpose are narration, description, exposition, and argumentation.	37
9748904517	Satire	The use of humor to emphasize human weaknesses or imperfections in social institutions.	38
9748910003	Subordinate Clause	a clause, typically introduced by a conjunction, that forms part of and is dependent on a main clause	39
9748912994	Syllogism	A three part deductive argument in which a conclusion is based on a major premise and a minor premise	40
9748916219	symbol	An object that is used to represent something else.	41
9748922985	Synechdoche	Using one part of an object to represent the entire object.	42
9748926058	Syntax	The manner in which words are arranged into sentences.	43
9748927152	Theme	A significant idea in a literary text. "Alienation, death, love time."	44
9748936340	Thesis	The primary position taken by a writer or speaker.	45
9748938560	Tone	The attitude an author takes toward the subject expressed in the work.	46
9748941608	Transition	the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another.	47
9748945945	Understatement	The deliberate representation of something as lesser in magnitude than it actually is.	48
9748949716	Wit	mental sharpness and inventiveness; keen intelligence.	49